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Hello and Welcome to Positive Change Coaching!
I'd like to share some information with you. I have met many people -- from different
cultural backgrounds and different economic lifestyles -- who have had a "less-than-
nurturing" upbringing and who were having difficulty finding joy, peace, and balance in
their lives. I include myself in that mix. While writing my Master's thesis, I enrolled
in a Life Skills Coaching Program, and that was the most profound and pivotal
experience of my life . Several years later, I invested in becoming certified as a Personal
Life Coach and then as a Recovery Coach.
In all the education I have taken, I find that the coaching courses gave me the best
return on investment of any education I have taken. How come? There are several
reasons: (1) coaching prepared me to be effective and successful in both my personal
and professional life; (2) the coaching skills were instrumental in my success as a
teacher of high risk youth; (3) coaching is a business that I love, because I love helping
people to help and empower themselves; (4) I love owning and operating my own
business; and (5) most importantly, because it was through coaching that I learned who
I truly am and what I am truly capable of.
Coaching is life-enriching and empowering, and sharing what I have learned is my
mission in life. My mission complements my purpose in life, which is, quite simply, to
make a positive difference in the lives of others. I can achieve my mission and purpose
through my coaching business, much more readily than I could as a teacher.
So, a few years ago, I chose to retire from teaching to build a coaching business, where I
could be free to coach, teach coaching skills, share other information, run workshops,
attend marketing events and expos, take other coaching courses to continue improving
and expanding my skills, and do public speaking.
While doing all this, I had an ultimate vision in my mind of creating a wellness centre
where people could come and participate in healing, self-empowering, community-
minded, and team-building workshops. So, I kept my heart and eyes open to possible
connections with others who shared my passion for a holistic wellness and healing
centre. While on my quest, I was blessed to meet Rosa Medicine Traveller of Night Eagle
Consultants, Leonard McCallum and Brad Sargent of White Thunderbird Healing, and
Marcel Gour and Randy McGhee of the Lazy M Lodge in Alberta. All of us share a vision
of creating a safe place for people to heal and grow holistically: emotionally,
physically, spiritually, and mentally. So we decided to collaborate and offer a selection
of empowerment programs in 2012 at the Lazy M Lodge.
This brings me to today. I'm in the process of updating my website to reflect the
exciting new program changes and connections I have made. This is a time-consuming
project, so I decided to create links on this Home page and on the Events page so that you
can view and download information on us and our programs immediately. And that's it
for now. I'll look forward to your calls and perhaps to working with you soon.
I'd like to share some information with you. I have met many people -- from different
cultural backgrounds and different economic lifestyles -- who have had a "less-than-
nurturing" upbringing and who were having difficulty finding joy, peace, and balance in
their lives. I include myself in that mix. While writing my Master's thesis, I enrolled
in a Life Skills Coaching Program, and that was the most profound and pivotal
experience of my life . Several years later, I invested in becoming certified as a Personal
Life Coach and then as a Recovery Coach.
In all the education I have taken, I find that the coaching courses gave me the best
return on investment of any education I have taken. How come? There are several
reasons: (1) coaching prepared me to be effective and successful in both my personal
and professional life; (2) the coaching skills were instrumental in my success as a
teacher of high risk youth; (3) coaching is a business that I love, because I love helping
people to help and empower themselves; (4) I love owning and operating my own
business; and (5) most importantly, because it was through coaching that I learned who
I truly am and what I am truly capable of.
Coaching is life-enriching and empowering, and sharing what I have learned is my
mission in life. My mission complements my purpose in life, which is, quite simply, to
make a positive difference in the lives of others. I can achieve my mission and purpose
through my coaching business, much more readily than I could as a teacher.
So, a few years ago, I chose to retire from teaching to build a coaching business, where I
could be free to coach, teach coaching skills, share other information, run workshops,
attend marketing events and expos, take other coaching courses to continue improving
and expanding my skills, and do public speaking.
While doing all this, I had an ultimate vision in my mind of creating a wellness centre
where people could come and participate in healing, self-empowering, community-
minded, and team-building workshops. So, I kept my heart and eyes open to possible
connections with others who shared my passion for a holistic wellness and healing
centre. While on my quest, I was blessed to meet Rosa Medicine Traveller of Night Eagle
Consultants, Leonard McCallum and Brad Sargent of White Thunderbird Healing, and
Marcel Gour and Randy McGhee of the Lazy M Lodge in Alberta. All of us share a vision
of creating a safe place for people to heal and grow holistically: emotionally,
physically, spiritually, and mentally. So we decided to collaborate and offer a selection
of empowerment programs in 2012 at the Lazy M Lodge.
This brings me to today. I'm in the process of updating my website to reflect the
exciting new program changes and connections I have made. This is a time-consuming
project, so I decided to create links on this Home page and on the Events page so that you
can view and download information on us and our programs immediately. And that's it
for now. I'll look forward to your calls and perhaps to working with you soon.
| Together, great things can happen. |
| Carol McKenzie Certified Professional Coach Life Skills, Personal Life, and Recovery Coaching Offering Tele-Coaching Services, Empowerment Retreats, and Workshops 425.533.3478 |
(1) I have some openings in my tele-coaching
services: personal life coaching, recovery
coaching, and coaching for educators. When
working with clients, I use the Traditional
Coaching Around the Medicine Wheel and/or
the Contemporary Coaching Around the
Wheel of Life. For educators, I have created
an Wheel of Education to help clients.
(2) See the "Events" tab for information
about current workshops and programs.
(3) Click here for information on and/or to
download the 2012 List of Programs at the
Lazy M Lodge near Caroline, Alberta. These
programs are offered as retreats that run
from 4 to 31 days.
(4) Soon to come: an updated catalogue of
Carol and Rosa's offerings.
services: personal life coaching, recovery
coaching, and coaching for educators. When
working with clients, I use the Traditional
Coaching Around the Medicine Wheel and/or
the Contemporary Coaching Around the
Wheel of Life. For educators, I have created
an Wheel of Education to help clients.
(2) See the "Events" tab for information
about current workshops and programs.
(3) Click here for information on and/or to
download the 2012 List of Programs at the
Lazy M Lodge near Caroline, Alberta. These
programs are offered as retreats that run
from 4 to 31 days.
(4) Soon to come: an updated catalogue of
Carol and Rosa's offerings.
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